lørdag 30. oktober 2010

Dette blir mitt bidrag på bokstaven T på Projos Strikkeverdenens ABC 2010. Det blir jo dobbelt T - TovedeTøfler. Jeg hadde strikka et par i rødt og blått, men glemte å ta bilde av dem før jeg leverte dem. Så da måtte jeg jo strikke et par til :) De er strikka av noe garn jeg har fått som er umerket. Nå hadde jeg ikke mer kontrastgarn igjen så det ble ensfargede firkanttøfler. På bokstaven S blir det Clothilde Sjalet jeg hadde ferdig for en uke siden.This is my entry for the letter T on Strikkeverdenens ABC 2010. In Norwegian it is a double T -"Tovede Tøfler", but in English it is not T at all - Felted Slippers. I had knitted a pair of red and blue, but forgot to take pictures of them before I delivered them. So then I had to knit one more pair. They are knitted of yarn I have got which are unmarked. Now I had no more contrasting yarn left so I had to make square slippers of one color. On theletter S it will be the Clothilde ShawlI finished a week ago.

Here I have made the candle mat I will send to my swap partner in Candle Mat Swap. She wanted a mat of Christmas fabrics, and she lives in a country where there is a lot warmer than in Norway. So then I wanted to make something with some snowflakes and snowmen as a greeting from the cold north:) The Charm pack I used is called Makin 'New Friends by Deb Strain for Moda. I chose to have a solid center block. Since there is so much color and pattern otherwise I let also the corner pieces be solid without additional ornaments. Hope she likes it !

On Projo, there has been a Learn to knit shawls from English patterns along. It was not new for me to knit patterns from English, but I liked the shawl that was going to be knit so much that I joined the along! The pattern of Clothilde can be purchased through Ravelry or at the Knitting Kninja
I've used the very nice Wollmeiseyarn I was lucky to get from Bitta a while ago. The color is called saffron and fits very nicely now in the autumn. I used knitting needles 3.5.

The rules for the award says that I'll pass it on to 15 other blogs. There are so many of my blog friends who have awardfree blog now, so it's not so easy to pass it on. So I decide to leave it open.

FALL INTO FALL

Jeg deltok på en del av give awayene som var samlet under Fall into fall, og var så heldig å vinne flott premie hos Kathy's Quilt! Skal vise bilder av premien når jeg får den :)I joined some of the giveaways that were collected in the Fall Into Fall Quilt Bloggers Giveaway and was so lucky to win a great prize at Kathy's Quilt! I will show pictures of the prize when I get it :)

This shawl has been finished for a while, but I have not blogged it before now. Nathalie wanted a shawl that was long so she could twist it many times around her neck. Through Ravelry I found at Emmafassioknitting this Azzu's shawl that she had made at the request of another blogger who also wanted a long shawl.I knitted it in Malabrigo sock, color Caribeno, a lovely color, on needles 4. I knitted more repeats than the pattern, so far I had yarn. At least almost as long as I had yarn, when it was at the end of the yarn it was about 20 cm left to bind off! Typical! Luckily I had some Sisu yarn I could use, it had the same dark blue as in the right yarn so it went well :)I used about 1 and 3/4 skeins of yarn, and the shawl is 2.9 m long.

Finally it was time for some sewing again!
On Quilting Bloggers I am joining a Candle Mat Swap. Everyone shall make this Candle Mat and send to another quilter we have been assigned. Sandi Andersen on the blog A Legacy of Stitches has created the pattern of Candlelight Candlemat. It is used "charm packs". My swap partner I will send to, wanted a Candle mat in Christmas fabrics. I have ordered two charm packs of Christmas fabric, then I will see what is best to use. While I'm waiting for the Christmas fabrics I would try to sew one with a charm pack I already had. These fabrics are from the series Arnold's Attic from Moda Fabrics, beautiful fall fabrics. It was fun to sew. This Candle Mat is not included in the Candle Mat Swap, but I think it will become a gift for someone anyway.

VELKOMMEN

Jeg er 64 år og har vært gift med min kjære i 42 år. Mor til tre voksne gutter. Jeg er glad i å strikke, sy, quilte og litt brodering. I am 64 years old and live in Norway. I have been married to my dear husband for 42 years and I am mother to 3 grown up sons. I love to knit, sew and quilt, and some embroidery.